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Sixth ilcat, ilo. 51
ITictu llovk, .Saturday, Pccembcv 20,
Jttce 3 &mtf
THE MENTION.
HOPEFUL SIGNS OF A SELF
RESPECTING LABOR
MOVEMENT.
Bone I io nary Victory that Portends
Di'lVat t'orru pt ion isls' Schemes
Laid Low No Ollicial Oi-jjaii or
Other Weapon of )pirsioii in
the President's Hands No Hoodie
Leg is Lit i recommit tee No Prince
ly Salaries - Wise Provisions lor
Labor.
1 1n' I 'et roit Con veil lion has adjourned.
The record it; has made will often in
times to CiHiie be referred to. Reaction,
and worse, met i he progressive vanguard
of labor; ther clashed, ami through the
dish the latter received an impulse that
turns a seeming defeat into an actual
and lasting victory I'oi the eanst. The
all absorbing question fust l.ioiilit he
fore the Convention the admi-sion or
rej 'Cion of the delegate of the (.:, L.
w as squarely intro.luced by
I.l'CIKN SANI.W.'s Alll!!-SS,
w hii'h ran as follows:
"ClKNTLEMEN OF THIS CONVENTION:
So much has lately heen said in nil -friendly
papers concerning the object cf
the New York Central Labor Feneration
in sending me as its delegate to this
Convention, that, in justice to ail, I
have deemed it necessary to state my
ease in w riting. I do this in justice to
my constituents, that tlit ir purpose may
not he misrepresented; in justice to my
self, that L may give a literal account of
the performance of my duty; and in
justice to you, that your action may not
he misunderstood,
"And right here let me correct any
fal-e impression which may have been
created hv the organs of a class natural
ly hostile to Oraiued Labor, and inter
cued in nothing so much as in its dis
rup'ioii. .My mis.-ion is, not, to sow dis
cord, but to tender on the earnest co
operation el' a representative tind power
ful labor body, every member of which
is deeply imbued with the idea that
union is the necessary fundament of
progress in the labor movement,
"Without entering into a eonsidera
t-ic.ii of the particular circumstances that
biought the Central Labor Federation
into existence, I shall state thai it was
tir.-t islabli-hed on the l'Jl h of February,
11). and then obtained from the Ameri
can Federation of Labor a charter, for
which it paid the usual fee of live dol
lars. On December 15, lssil, in the
interest of unity, the various organiza
tions represented in t he Central Labor
Fedcialioii again sent delegates to the
New York Central Labor Union. Then,
of course, for the tune being, the Central
Labor Federation ceased to meet; but
no resolution was passed to surrender
the charter. Had this been proposed,
it is safe to say licit it would have met
wiih a strong opposition, for there were
many who, while wishing to see the
forces of labor thoroughly united in New
York and consequently favoring the at
tempt at reconciliation as an experiment
worth trying, looked with mistrust upon
the controlling influence of certain
K. of L. leaders in the C. L. U. They
did not believe that the apparent recon
ci intion could be lasting. Theii worst
apprehensions, 1 am pony to say , were
icalized, and in a few months, a number
of organizations had in disgust with
drawn their delegates from the C. L. U.
Under those circumstances the Central
Labor Federation resumed its weekly
se sions. One of the first acts of its
."Secretary, Ernest ltolim, was to call
upon Henry Finrich, one i f its trustees,
for the charter, w hich had been let t in
his hand, for safe keeping. Emrich
answered that he had surrendered it to
Samuel (Jumpers, President of the A.
F of L. Mr. (Joinpers was then called
upon, but replied that as the charter
had been surrendered he could not ie
turn it and an application for a new
charter would have to be made. The
Executive Council of the A. F. of L.
was then appealed to, but continued
Mr. Confers' decision. J hereupi n an
application was made, to which no an
swer was received for an unusual length
of time. When at last it came, it was
somewhat indefinite as to the charter
itself, but Contained a reference to the
admission of delegates from the New
York American Section of the Socialist
L .bor party, in terms w hich meant
plainly tint Mr. (Jumpers did not ap
piove of ( Lt ir admission and deemed it
a sutlicient reason to withhold the char
ter. The body which they represented,
be said, was a "political party," and as
Mich should have no place in a central
b'.'dy re n sf nta' ive of trades unions.
Finaby. the matter wa-s left for deci-ioti
to thi Convention.
"There are two questions involved in
the proMi.M'ion as staled by Mr. (iom
per-: il) Is (he S. L. P. a '-political
party" in the reuse in a hich this phrase
is understood by us workingiiien? (lij Is
it true that, because of that part of it
character w hich is political, it is debarred
fioni representation in a central body
allilinted w ith the American Federation?
I shall examine them in their reverse
order.
"In the first place allow me to submit
the following letter, which speaks for
itself;
"In 1SM.5, the members of the (Jertnan
Section of the S. L. P. of Baltimore or
ganized the (Jermau Cential Labor
Union of that uly. The same Socialist
Section, be ng represi nted therein by
t ice delegates, moved that the (ierinan
Central Labor Union be represented in
the lialtiniore Federation of Labor. The
motion was unanimously earned and
delegates were elected to and admitted
by the said Baltimore Federation, which
is a branch of the American Federation
of Labor since this organization was
formed. I am glad to say that I, lis a
member of the S. L. P. Section of lial
tiniore, was representing the (Ierinan
Central Labor Union in the Baltimore
Federation for some time, as the minutes
of both these central bodies will show.
"Therefore e have, on tl e one hand:
Socialist Section (ierinan (', L. If.
Balfiuion Federation of Labor Ameri
can Federation of Labor. And we have,
on the other hand: N. Y. American Sec
tion, S. L. 1'. Central Ltbor Federa
tionAmerican Federation of Labor.
Where is the difference? When Mr.
(Jompers refuses to admit the C. L. F ,
he must also protest against I he admis
sion of the Baltimore Federation of
Labor. Fraternally,
E. A. Hokii.n.
"Here, then, is a positive precedent,
directly again-t Mr. (Jompers' opinion,
and I have heen told thai ihere were
oUn-rs exactly like this. 1 shall not
mention them, however, for 1 have not
taken the trouble of inquiring. I leave
witn those who think that precedent
is good law the caie of investigating
tliis and any other that they may be
come aware of. As for me, I am willing
to dace my case upon the far higher
ground of principle. Therefore, I come
to the lirst and far more important ques
tion. Is the Socialist Labor parly a 'po
litical paity' in the sense that wage
workers the world over attach to this
explession?
".Surely it is not so understood in
(iermaiiy, where every trade union is a
creation and practically a branch of the
S. L, P. It is not so understood in
France, w here every xjndicut unrrier is
a creation and a branch of the S. L. P.;
where the municipality of Paris is under
the influence of the Socialists thanks
to which the building and kindred trades
enjoy higher pay in fewer hours than
they previously did and where the
socialist agitation bids lair to carry the
light hour work-day. It is not so con
sidered in S itzerland. or in Austria,
where, thanks to Socialist agitation,
the working time lias iilreiul) been re
duced and regulated by law, not ineicly
lor children, young persons and women,
as in England, but for men as well. It
is not so understood in England, w here
in twenty mouths the Socialists have
organized 11? trade unions, with a mem
bership of over 51)0,000 wage-workers;
where they have conducted and won
the most gigantic strikes that ever took
place; where they have overcome the
antiquated conservatism of more or less
corrupt leaders (whose chief business is
to bow to this great Liberal or that
greater Tory in the lobbies of Par
liament); where they have exploded the
notion that a wage-slave is a 'tree' man.
and that his liberty to be a slave, worked
to death and slai veil f or Ins pains, should
not be interfered with by the legislator;
where they have initialed what is now
known as the "new trade unionism",
ami w here they w ill surely and long
before you. at the rate they go estab
lish the eight-hour normal workday as a
mere preliminary step to still further,
higher and nobler ends.
"Nor is it so undeistood by the Cen
tral Labor Federation of New York; nor
by the labor organizations represented
in that hnd ; nor by any man who
walks with his eyes open and sees the
chasm between an honest, straightfor
ward labor party and a dishonest, ban.
booziing plutocratic party.
"This is neither the place nor time for
me to present roi argument in favor of
independent political action by the
working class. Before your Convention
1 must strictly confine myself to the
question, although, in the form in w hich
Mr. Compels has unwisely put it, I am
fairly entitled to some latitude of tieat
inent. "There is this fundamental difference
between tne old plutocratic panic, and
the .S. L. P., that the former are notori
ously the political machines of the em
ploying ( lass, and as essential a part of
the whole machinery through which
they control, rob and oppress their
w age workers as is their industrial anil
commercial machinery; wheieas the
Socialist Labor party is owned and con
trolled by wage-workers like yourselves,
who are in full sympathy with you upon
all tiie economic principles thus lar ad
vanced, or the demands thus far made
by the American t-euerati n of Libor
and who Use this so railed 'political
party' exclusively for the advancement
of those economic principles fcrid de
mands. As I spe ,k, it is busy organizing
trades, and long It tore me American
Federation existed, its member ere
busy organizing many of the very unions
w hich are now constituting your force
and prestige. When and where did you
ever see the Kepuhlican party, or the
Democratic parly, or for that matter
any other political parly, engaged in
such work ?
I don't suppose that you are ready to
deny any organization in the American
Federation whether it be a central body
or a local union the right to take po
litical action of an independent labor
character; and 1 trust that, on the other
hand, you would summarily repudiate
any organization that would take politi
cal action in alliance with either the
Republican or the Democratic party.
No.v, the S. L. P., as I have explained,
h essentially a baini fuk labor organiza
tion, which is not more political than
any of the unions alliliated with you
have a right to be under your constitu
tion. Again, the Central Labor Federa
tion has merely seen lit to declare by
the aliuissioii of the delegates of llie
American Section of the S. L. P., and
by sending to this ('(invention, as its
representative, one of those very dt le
gates its right to take independent
political action w it h this economic labor
parly, which ihe members of its consti
tuting organizations own and control;
and in taking this step, deliberately and
iiidhiK liingly , it lias at the same time
virtually announced that ihu time is
coming when Organized Labor in all
parts of the country must and will
recognize the absolute necessity of
taking independent political action. .
is for you to decide w bet her, us work -iligincn
and representatives of working
men, you can sustain Mr, ( Jumpers in
his judgment that this is a crime w Inch
tinlits the Central Labor Federation for
alii i in! inn with the American iederatioli
of Labor."
A glance at the di-l ribnt ion of,
and disparity between the intellectual
forces that took part in the contest,
which this address preluded may be
gathered from the
1NCIHKNTS uK THK lU f.A I i:
that followed, and of which last week's
issue of the Woukmen's Am'ocatk con
tained a hasty synopsis.
While in New Y'ork, Mr. (Jompers had
ollicially declared that the matter was
out of bis hand since it had been referred
to the Convention. Furthermore, he had
stated t hti case, from his own standpoint,
in his annual report, and after Delegate.
Sauial had been permitted to explain the
position of his constituents it was gener
ally believed that Mr (Joinpers would
make a brief reply and let tic Cor ven
tion settle the questions involved, con
lining himself, as President, to an im
partial conduct of the debate, lt was,
therefore, a surprise to many, that he
repeatedly took the floor and made
lengthy and bitter speeches.one of which
consumed ever an hour and was by no
means tree from personal attacks. In
one instance he deliberately misquoted
the written statement of Sanial, and
wilfully, for oratorical elfect, distorted
its meaning. Sanial had said that before
the Socialists of Austria and Swilz rland
had undertaken to organize labor the
length of the workday was unlimited
in those two Countries, but that the
result of their efforts had been the
passage of a law reducing the hours of
labor, not only for women and children,
as in England, but also for men. lie
ferring to this, Mr. (Joinperse-'clainied:
"Mr. Sanial has told you of the excel
lent condition of the working people in
Austria. This is his ideal. Austria! I
will say to anybody who boasts of what
has been done there: Why don't you go
and live in Austria ': '
"Oh pshaw!" interrupted Delegate
Morgan.
President (Joinpers louked at him
aghxst.
"Such nonsense makes me tired," ol.
served again Mr. Morgan.
Mr. (Jompers stared at him for a
w bile, then blurted out :
"1 stand on this floor a innn and a
gentleman. Mr. Morgan is ne. ther one
nor ih other." Trie latter reserved his
reply and (jompers continued his lenhty
sieech, declaring that there was not one
thing the Socialists wanted w hich he did
not want also; but he was opposed to
Socialist methods and to the Socialist
Ijiibor party. Trade Unionism, pure
and simple, was good enough and broad
enough for him. Socialists could come
into the A. F. of L. as did Anarchists,
Land laxists, etc., but as Trade-Union
ists, not as Socialists.
When Delegate Morgan took the floor
the interest of the tired Coiiv';hh n sud
denly revived. lie Legged to be excused
for having interrupt. 1 Mr. (Jompers.
and regretted that the President had
seen tit to make xililical and personal
attacks against Socialists and foreigners.
"Not ldug a gelillcllim,'1 he S lid, "hut
one of tho-;y born an near hell as it is
possible to get on earth, when the Presi
dent made that absurd statement I said:
'Such nonsense makes me tired." I was
a foreigner. I came hre to save my
bf , riot from the hangman, but from
the industrial system. What did I tind
here? Why, thousands of yon are so
thoroughly subjugated that you have to
slave your beards otf to pb ase your
employers. You are subject, not to
monarchic powers, but to the monop
olistic posvers. Y'ou can boast ot jour
organizations here, but the people you
insult have to organize in lands w here
they ure not allowed to meet or vote
and yet they maintain their unions,
The President of this A. F. of L. has
Uttered words that he w ill be sorry for
and that this body will be sorry that he
ever uttered. Mr. Sanial has shown
you that the Europe n labor movement
is thoroughly Socialistic. Now Mr.
(Jompers tells us in his annual report
that lie has received no reply from
Europe to his invi at ion to hold here an
International Congress; does be expect
thai his utterances of today wiil im
prove his prospects i ' getting any? 1
like to remain in toiicu wil h my tellow
lil' 'ii. but not iit the txpense of being
clubbed. You do not want independent
political action; you want trade-unionism
pure and simple; but I be trade
unions have been repeatedly traded off
to the Democratic and Kepuhlican par
ties. We have yet to hear any coiidem
nation of this, but we have beard the
Socialist Labor parly condemned. In
Chicago labor parties have sold mil
periodically to the Republicans ,,r to the
Democrats. In 1SNI labor was organized
in that city politically and cast :!."i,uui)
votes. But Powderly soft around orders
that all who took part in politics would
be expelled; in less than two years
thereafter the K. of L. was dead.
Po Mleily on one occasion did so met hing
iilun to what our president has done to
day, lie pulled a little American flag
from under his coat tails, waved it and
thanked (Jod there was nothing anarch
istic among workingmen. Such non
sense should be repudiated by all honest,
wage-workers. "Socialism," he said, in
conclusion, "is coining, and if you can
not he friendly, be fair! '
Nor was react loiiisiu, and worse, worst
ed during this great, debate alone. The
transactions of I he Convention shown
long list of positive and immediate vic
tories by the straightforward cause of
labor, ami
LAY INI I LOW (iOMCKUS- l'KT KCIIKM ICS.
In the first place the Convention
turned a deaf ear to the proposal of
establishing and publishing an ollicial
j mrnal, Innted at if not recommended
in President (Jompers' annual report.
Such an ollicial organ, it was shown,
v.-ould not only entail heavy financial
tuirdens upon the Federation, but be
ing edited and controlled by the presi
dent, would be Hindi a powerful weapon
in the hands of the ollicer that it might
become a danger to the organization by
giving the president the (lower to influ
ence the members for his personal ad
vantage mid to silence" opposition
Se -oddly, a pet plan, redolent of cor
ruption, turned up in the shape of a
recommendation to obtain favorable
legislation by means of a Legislative
Committee. The Convention jumped
upon and squelched this recommenda
tion; and Home plain language was used
by the .pure element among the dele
gates, who, amidst, the wincing of the
corruplionists, showed the scheme to be
a proposition for lobbying, for begging
for capitalist favors that never would be
granted and could only be obtained
when workingmen elected their own
representatives; proposition, in short,
which would lie fruitful of corruption
as shown by the legislative committee of
the K. of L,, two out of every three
members of w hich had received political
jobs.
Furthermore, a proposal to raise Presi
dent (Jompers' salary to l,sit)() on the
ground of his extra expenses, arising
from calls, visits, etc., was summarily
thrown out; the opinion being that such
additional expenses were illegitimate,
that if incurred should be footed by the
ollicer himself, and finally, that it was
the most dangerous of policies to separ
ate the president, by means of high
salary, from the average wage worker.
Again, the disposition of the Conven
tion was exemplified by its canting lvW
voUh in favor, and only (111 against a
proposal reducing the president's powers
by depriving him of a vote in the Execu
tive Council. This proposal worked,
however, an amendment to the consti
tution, and w as lost only because it failed
of the necessary two-thuds vote.
Among other matters of general im
portance the following
TRANSACTIONS OF THE CON VKNTION'
deserve special notice. The Convention
granted the appeal of the Kochestcr
Trades Assembly in beha'f of the sink
ing and locked out shoemakers of thai
city; the request that the acts of the
Federation be conducted with a view to
the abolition of the wage system; the
recommendation to the unions to assist
t lie S. L. P in its battle against capital
in all cases w here it is deemed expedient
to obtain legislation; the motion to print
the proceedings of the Convention in
both EnglMi and (Jerman; a resolution
against fraudulent advertisement- en
couraging the immigration of working
men; a resolution pioliibiting t he decla
ration of a lioycoti before investigation
of the matter by the Executive Com
mittee and faibne of all means for a
peaceable seltleim iit; a resolution favor
ing female suffrage; a resolution in
favor ot national control of the railroads
and telegraphs; a resolution to adopt
measures that wiil protect the unions
against attacks from the K. of L.: a mo-
! tion against convict laltor generally,
( CuiUiiatetl un third page.
inn Jinrjiimi
THE NEW YORK C. L. F. EN
DORSED BY THE LABOR
OF DETROIT.
Kinging Speeches by I.ucieu Sanial
and Thomas .1. .Morgan -Sh am So
clalisin Kioseil - The ( lass Strug
gle F.xpluiiicd - Its i:istenoe
Sliowii Us 1 lliin.ile Destruction
the ,M issiou of Socialism.
The mass-meeting called by Lucien
Sanial, as representative (if the Central
Labor Federation, look place Friday
(-veiling, Dee. 1',', at ilahn's Hall.
Charles Erb, cigarmaker and organ
izer of the Detroit Section, S. L. P., pre
sided. Before S p, m. the hall was
already full to overllow ing and presented
in this respect, a striking coiit rast wit h
the meeting called on t he previous d iv
by (Jumpers and his arrangement com
mittee. The Brewers' Union came in a
body with a hand of music and their
handsome banner, which was placed on
the platform by the side of the chair
man amid great applause. Many of the
delegates were present.
After reading the instructions which
he had received from the C, L. F., Sauial
s tiled into (Jumpers, He said he regiet
led the necessity in which he was of
taking some notice of that pompous and
I heatrical gentleman.
But while the position which (Jompers
occupied as President of the American
Federation would not enable him, or
any other mediocrity vested with similar
powers, to side track I he Labor move
ment, it might (liable him for some
lime to obstruct and retard its advance,
lt, was therefore important that every
member of the Federation he thoroughly
posted and vigilant. The speaker then
reviewed the issue bel ween (Join peis and
the C. L. F., and after a concise state
ment of fact, which showed that even
the tochnicalilies of the case, however
befogged by (lumpers, were plainly in
favor of the 0. L. F., lib look up the
real question involved, i. e, Socialism
in the Labor movement. (Jompers, and
with liiiu some gentlemen on the floor
of the convention, w ho were anxious to
he sent to 'Washington by the great Fe
deration as a lobbying committee, had
claimed that they admired Socialism
very much, liny that they were Social
ists, but were opposed to Socialist me
thods, to the Socialist Party, and, in
fact, to every agency through which
Socialism could be advanced. Trade
unionism, they said, was broad enough
for them. They would not interfere
w ith the right of any one to vote as he
pleased, or to shout himself hoarse fin
ally of the plutocratic parties. They
had, indeed, asserted ibis right for
themselves by shouting themselves
hoarse for the (Jovernor of Michigan at
the opening of the convention.
Of course, should a big strike take
place here by order of the Federation,
this same (Jovernor, wdio gave you such
bice tally last Monday, will call out his
plutocratic militia and give you the rille
diet. The usual appeals had been made
by Mr. Uontpers to the old prejudices
against socialism, nursed by the pluto
cratic press. One of the most heinous
and hypocritical charges is Unit the So
cialists preach the class struggle; where
as, in reality, they merely state the
obvious fact of its existence; a fact that
meets us at every Htep; a struggle that
is forced day and night and everywhere
upon the wage-workers by the pluto
cracy and from which trade unionism
has sprung.
The Socialists merely say to you work
ingmen: Open your eyes; see the strug
gle in which you are engaged; see the
weapons that the plutocratic (lass is
using against you. These weapons are,
wealth, which you produce for that
class, and political power, which you
resign into the hands of that, class by
voting against each other for its pluto
cratic parties.
The speaker then depicted the class
struggle, showing how the plutocracy
whh using the political power to di-iu-heritand
enslave the workers by appro
priating to itself the public proiierty,
I public franchises, public (unctions, all
me agencies or production nun oisiriou
tion, in a word, all the means of life. He
gave statistics, showing the growing
concentration of wealth in this country,
and demonstrating that in those iudus
tries where such concentration was
greatest the workmen's poer of resis
tance was smallest, although their trades
unions were largest and apparently
strongest. All this concentration and
its disastrous) elfects, economic and
moral, were the products of a sys
tem which could only be main
tained or destroyed by the use
of political power. He reviewed the
labor movement in Eunqs-, showed
its Socialist character and the inconsis
tency or presumption of (Jompers in
inviting this thorougly Socialist move
ment to send representatives to bis pro
posed Anti Socialist show in lsu;j. He
earnestly thanked the many delegates
who had personally expressed to him
either their concurrence w uli his views
or their desire to study the question and
to advance its discussion in their respec
tive organizations, but who umbrfhu
present circumstances were in duty
hound to vote as they diil. He assured
them that while his constituents would
probably not forgive (Jumpers for his
behavior toward them, they would be
the last to foment discord, but would go
on sustaining and reinforcing Organized
Labor.
In concliisiou be made a strong appeal
for unity, education and independent
political action. The next Convention
of this body, he said, will unquestion
ably show that the seed dropped in this
has germinated, and that the time is not
distant when the workers of America,
united to a in in, w ill claim their o vn
and take il. Then w ill t he class struggle
he at an end, class rule be abolished, and
trade unionism, i,s an oi gain, tlioti born
from ar and for war, be a thing of
the past.
Thouris J. Morgan, of Chicago, was
the next speaker. The remarkable,
ability which he had displayed in the
Convention bad concent rated upon him
the piihlic attention, and many had
come to hear his address. They were
not. disappointed. He spoke nearly an
hour and a half and never for a moment
allow i'd his hearers lo lose inl .-rest or
gro i impatient. Frequently humorous,
sometimes pathetic, and al,v;iyseloqueiit,
he gave I hem a lesson in social economy
w hich I hey carried home that night and
from there to the shop, where, the fol
lowing day, it was the general topic of
discussion. He lirst narrated how- he
hail come from England lo this country
of "freedom", voted the Kepuhlican
ticket and a few days later found him
self a wage-slave, without work, without
opportunity to work, therefore without
bread, without, coal, without any of the
necessaries of life; although the store
houses were full, the prnduotivecHpacity
of land and machinery unlimited, and
his own willingness to labor unques
tioned, We have, no king here, no em
peror, no czar, but we have the pluto
crat, w ho ow ns the menus of life, tells
us when we can work, w lien we must
tie idle, when we call eat and when we
must starve, and even makes us sliavtt
our whiskers if ho fancies that wo
should have none. He gave instances
of such dictation in various establish
Mientii, and tin? n-xwuufy, 'onioliance
of "free" citizens; with the orders of
their despotic masters. His statistical
treatment of the productive machinery
was full of striking illustrations and
comments, w hich made the dry figures
speak humorously and eloquently.' Ho
then delined Socialism, explained its
object, considered its practical applica
tion, and showed that all the tendencies
of the labor movement were in itsdirec
tion. lie concluded with a strong appeal
to the workingiiien for union and pre
sented the following
RKSOMJTIONK,
which were unanimously adpoted:
(Vwiivr, That we, workingmen of
Detroit in in iss meeting assembled, en
dorse tho position of this New York
C. L. F, and recognize the necessity of
merging into one comprehensive move
ment the economic and political forces
of labor upon the ground that political
power is indispensable to the acconi
lishnient of the object contemplated
by the labor movement.
Hrsolci'd, That notwithstanding the
action of the Convention in refusing to
admit Delegate Sanial, we hereby ac
cept the action of said body in a friendly
and fraternal spirit and pledge our sup
port to the American Federation of
Labor, hoping and believing that the
kind and fraternal consideration given
by the delegates to this important mat
ter and to its representatives upon the
floor of tlie Convention, must in the
near future result in a practical recog
nition of the Socialists.
Resolved, That we urge our fellow
Socialists everywhere to so act as to im
prove the present good feeling felt by
the Convention of the American Federa
tion of Labor toward Socialism, and to
avoid everything that will cause an
tagonism. August Delabar an 1 Kichard Braun
schweig spoke in (Jerumii,, after which
the meeting adjourned.
The Ne York American Section
s. i, r.
will have an important meeting at Hof
ferU'rth's Hall, No. 'W Bowery, on Fri
day, December 1!), 1800, at 8 p. m.
Among the business to be discussed will
lie the report, of the delegates to the
Central Labor Federation, tin re
organization of the New York Sections,
the fair in behalf of the Wokkmen's
Advocatk, admission of new members,
measures to further tlii propaganda and
other matters. Fifteen applications for
membership are awaiting the decision
of the Section.
A full attendance of member is de
sired, II. VrxjT, Secy.
While the farmers ;.re furiously in
veigbinj; against the privileges granted
to the banks. Senator Shernnii foully
introduces a liill reducing the amount of
United States bonds to be required of
national banks.
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